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In 1962, Joseph Valachi, a “soldier” of the Genovese crime family, was serving a 15- year sentence for drug trafficking when he killed a fellow prisoner whom he mistook for a man sent by Vito Genovese, boss of the Genovese crime family, to kill him. [1]
On March 3, 1953, the second day of Anna Genovese’s Freehold trial where she sought “separate maintenance” financial support from her estranged husband Vito, 22 witnesses were called who would testify mostly on behalf of Vito.
Vito Genovese (Italian: [ˈviːto dʒenoˈveːze, -eːse]; November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American mobster of the American Mafia.
Philip Lombardo (October 6, 1908 in New York City – April 29, 1987) also known as "Benny Squint" and "Cockeyed Phil", was the boss of the Genovese crime family from the late 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s. He succeeded Vito Genovese as Boss in 1969 and was succeeded by Vincent Gigante in 1981.
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Vito Genovese was among the most feared mobsters in the history of organized crime, and yet two people dared risk his wrath and testified about the mafia, its leaders, secrets, and inner workings. He provoked the first two occasions in which mafia insiders made national headlines by violating omertà, the ancient southern Italian code of silence.
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Apr 28, 2024 · Vito Genovese rose through New York's criminal underworld during Prohibition and eventually became a Mafia boss before the fallout of the Apalachin meeting ended his reign. For decades, Vito Genovese was practically synonymous with the American Mafia itself.
